Improvement in clothes-wringing presses



2 Sheets-Sheet 1. 0. ROBINSON. CLOTHES WRINGING PRESS.

.No. 113,347. Patented Apr. 4-, 18'71.

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1 v 2 SheetsSheet 2. G. ROBINSON. CLOTHES WRINGING PRESS.

No. 113,347. Patented Apr. 4, 1871.

Wibnesse '5 not one CHARLES ROBINSON, obi-BOSTON;- MASSACHUSETTS.

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' IMPROVEMENT IN cron-lss-wamemegPRESSES;1

The Scheduie'refened to in: thseietter's Patent and making part:- beenlape- To all whom it may concern *Be it known 'thatiI, Gnsnn'ns Ronmson,of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massaolm.-' s'etts,have invented an Improved Press 'for W inging f =Clothes and Idahereby'declare-that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to, the accompanying drawing making part ofthis specification- 0 f v Figure l'beinga t piview of the press;

-Eignre 2, a transveise'rvertical; section of thesanne;

Figure 3, a side elevationthereof Figure 4, a horizontal'se'ction'of theboxin a plane indicated by the line at I, fig. 3. i

" hc gflr v v Int-his invention I. use a pressing-box, 'A, to con-. tainthe clothes, for subjecting them to compression by means of a follower,B, which is forced downupo'n the-clothes by means of a screw, 0,asthe'fsiinplest and" most, convenient ineans of applying the co n---ipressurefl e The pressing-boa is mounted in a frame for the purpose ofapplying the compressure'and of c'onven *ie'n'tly' locating andmanipulating the pressingboxitself; and'- that this frame may beassiniple and cheap as possible I find that two. side standards, a a,-with broad feet to sustain, them, and two connecting rails or' bars, I:0, one near the bottom to sustain the V pressing-box, and the other nearthetop to hold the" not (I of-the screw 0, are all that is necessary'to'corn pose the frame. I a

' First, the pressing-box A isof peculiar ton ues,

.tion. It has a perforated or grated fa se bottom, f, at some distanceabove the real bottom g,.which. is tight and holdsthe water drained,or'sqneezed; from the '(othes in a chamber, h, beneath the falsebottom, the water passing freely down into the same;

"'Th s', chamber h is emptied of its water atany time, either by aspigot, in the side ofthe box, or,

preferably, by means of a flexible pipe, 41, shown' in the drawi g, theouter end thereof being Ol'dl.

narily. held up by a hook, it, and loop Lorthcir equivalents, in theposition shown; and when the water is to l-- drained from the'char nberh, this pipe is let downinto the position indicated by dotted lines infigs. 2 and 3, so as toconduct the water to a tub or other vessel set toreceive it. V I

A hole, s", in one I side of the pressing-box, may serve to indicatewhen the drip-chamber h is full and requires to be emptied.

"he pressing-bog: isprei'erably set some distance above the floor, forconvenience in catching the water ir'om the diip-chamber.v

Lik letters designate corresponding parts in all of Second, thepressing-box is arranged sons to makeitconvenient :as'possible' to putin the clothes and 'take them' out'thereof. .1. 1 V v For thisvpurpose II'hinge' or otherwise mount it upon the cross-bar b, as 'at'm figs, 2=and 3, so that, whenupressing -the clothes, the box may be in an uprightand firm position to receive -'the pressure of "the screw upon thefollower, as shown, by' thelfnll lines in the,- di'awin'g --but wliennottpressmg the box :may be tilted'forward: into a position, indicated\by dotted' linesin fig; 3, for convenience in throwing .in the clothes.while washing, and in taking out the; clothes pressing them, withoutimpediment from the screw or the cross-bar c inwhicli ,the sorew'-tnrns-.-

a A button, it, or its equivalent, is generally to be usedto hold thepressing-box forward in 'its. tilting position, and tobe turned up outof theway when 'the'hox is t'o-bejturned back into an upright positionforpressin'g. r j j i Y Also, in 'order to avoidturning the screw .0down and up a long distancein pressing-the follower B is not attachedtothejl screw,"bnt hasfa'silnple central bearing,.'p, fig-,2, to receivethe lower end of the screw," sothat, bfmerely" turning 11 screw :1}'distancethe box can 'be tilted forwalr and the-followerremoved,fheingiprdvided with a handle, r, for the purpose;'It-oan' as "readilybe replaced before pressing while the box remainstilted forward, a

The pres'sing box may be square, round, or of other convenient form, andbe made'of wo'od,1z'in'c, or other. suitable material.- i -he bottommust be strong-and A sfast as: the clothes are washed and rinsed theyare simplythrowninto the tilted pressing box till the whole washing hasbeen completed, or' until a sufficient quantity has accumulated thereinfor a'single pressing, much of the waterdraining from the clothes-.-

down into the drip-chamber h. 'When the clothes are to be pressed theyare evened on the top, the follower is putin place, the

box tilted back into an upright-position, and'the.

screwtnrned down.

The whole pressing is but-the workpf a minute,

and then the screw is raised a little, the box "tilted forward again,the follower removed, and the'elothes are ready to be hung out .to dry;

1, What I claim as my invention, and desire to securelby Letters Patent,is-- The press simple 'and che ap, and :th'e cldthes can be wrungmorequickly, completelfland with less" injury therebv than by any othermeans known to" 1. The combination and. ai rangement of tiie hinged D,inwhich the other parts eremounfiedlso as to obor tilbingpressing-box A,oross bar or support b, and crate together substantially'as'hereinspecified. pressing-screw 0, substantially as and for the purposeSpecification signed by me this 23d dayof Decemherein specified. her,18110. g 1

2. A o1othes-wringing press, having the following CHARLES ROBIIISQN.elements in one combination, namely: a pressing-box i o1 receptacle, A,having a perforated or openfalse Witnesses v bottom, fiend a closedrip-chamber, h, below, a. re S. O. DEARBORN,

movable follower, B, a. pressing-screw, 0, and a frame, G. EDMUNDS.

